A Real Wedding with some serious country charm, LeeAnne and Eamon are our lovebirds today who said 'I do' in an intimate ceremony with a rustic country picnic themed reception in Mount Druid. All hands were on deck to create the perfect day complete with DIY decor and delicious food, sweets and treats! Tanya from Bronte Photography was on hand to capture all the lovely details...

Judging by their wedding LeeAnne and Eamon are two creative lovebirds, but how did Eamon pop the question? I brought Eamon to London for his birthday, and when we got there he had reorganised the weekend to propose and celebrate!

Calming the nerves lads?

LeeAnne and Eamon said 'I do' in the chapel at Mount Druid, choosing to create their own ceremony rather than a religious or civil route. "We wrote our own wedding ceremony. It was us. We walked down the aisle together to "All I Want Is You" by Barry Louis Polisar. The words meant so much to us and music was perfect."

While the weather was far from perfect, rain was not going to rain on this parade...

LeeAnne and Eamon's is a lesson in serendipity, it could have been so different, if they hadn't happened across their wedding venue Mount Druid, by complete chance. "We literally went to the ends of the world and back, looking at venues across the globe before finding our perfect venue, just 10 miles from home. Three months before our scheduled big day, we read an article on glamping in Mount Druid, and thought “what a cool place that would be to have a wedding”. We had booked somewhere else, but the instant we arrived at Mount Druid and met with Eavan, Adrian, Deirdre, and their team, we knew we had to change our plans. A week later, we printed and sent out our new invitations to our guests." See, all you who are stressing about having a year, 9 months, 6 months etc to plan - you only need a few weeks if you find what will truly work for you!

LeeAnne and Eamon consider themselves big foodies so the flexibility afforded by hiring a private venue, where they could work directly with caterers, to design their own wedding feast was really important to the couple. They devised a wedding banquet, blending the best of Irish ingredients and seasonal which included venison ragu, roast lamb, fresh sole stuffed with salmon mouse, bread and butter pudding (LeeAnne's grandmother's recipe) and a cheeseboard of organic cheeses served with a glass of port; all served with a selection of organic wines.

And these lovebirds didn't mind getting their hands dirty in aid of some seriously cool DIY decorations...Yes Eamon, spent a week chopping wood, boring holes and creating the final product that was our table name holders. For our table plan, we placed apples (picked from farm orchard) each with a name tag and place name, in wooden fruit boxes, and displayed them alphabetically. We thought this would be fun as no one would know who they were sitting beside until they met at their table and it turned out to be great fun. We also painted huge boards with blackboard paint and wrote our wedding feast menu on one board, and the table lay-out on another.

I love that LeeAnne and Eamon thought outside the box when looking after their guests...We hired a golf buggy and used our Defender jeep, trailer, bales of hay and blankets to cart people around. More amazing food...For our high-tea reception we had pims, scones with fresh cream and jam, sandwiches and little butterfly buns and at the end of the night, we had a BBQ which went down a treat!

What was your favourite moment of the day? The speeches at the bar. They were so relaxed and genuine. We also have great memories of the wedding party going through the barns in a train dance, numerous times.And, our guests heading off to bed in their cosy yurts and Shepherd huts.Oh and the wedding feast. Yum!

A big congratulations to the lovely couple,LeeAnne and Eamon, on their rustic country style wedding day! Of course a big Thank You goes to Tanya from Bronte Photography for sharing her work with us! To see more of the Bronte Photography portfolio, go to www.brontephotography.blogspot.ie